AI-powered Research Agency for Online Sellers
Originally published Aug 20, 2026 — Sarah (AI side hustles YouTube creator)
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Offer research services, like identifying the best listing keywords or profiling competitors, to people running stores on Etsy, Amazon, eBay, TikTok Shop, or similar platforms, using free AI chatbots to do the actual research work.
Sarah points to a real, live example on Fiverr where a freelancer offering exactly this kind of research service has an average order value of $101 with five orders already queued up, framing it as evidence there's real, standing demand: many people starting online stores find the technical research side tedious and would rather pay someone else to do it. She notes the same service applies beyond Etsy, to research for other e-commerce platforms and even social platforms like YouTube.
Someone comfortable directing an AI chatbot to do structured research tasks and willing to package that into a clearly defined, sellable service on a freelance platform.
The $101 average order and five-orders-in-queue figures come from a screenshot of one specific, real Fiverr listing, which is a genuinely checkable data point rather than an invented number, though it represents one operator's results, not an industry average. The underlying task (using AI to research keywords and competitors) is straightforward enough that this is a low-differentiation service, so standing out among other freelancers offering the same thing is the real work, not mentioned as a caveat in the video itself.